The worlds most influential historian, David Christian and Ben discuss the history of the world, and why it’s so important to study history before moving into the future. 

With an impressive amount of educational degrees behind his back, David Christian originally focused in on Russian history and then moved over to human history writ. He takes a big picture look at history and sees how human history, astrology, anthropology, biology and cosmology all fit into the picture of human society. 

Recently he has started a project, funded by Bill Gates, that teaches high school students throughout the United States and Australia to examine human history through an anthropological and biological lens.

Ben and David discuss why seeing the bigger picture is important and how history can show us our mistakes moving forward. 

Sometimes you need to take a look back to take a step forward. 

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Time Codes: 

(00:00) Intro

(00:11) Why young people should see the bigger picture in history?

(02:37) Strategies from the past

(04:10) How has our understanding of Earths development changed?

(06:30) When will the Earths decay happen?

(08:52) How do we solve these problems of destructions?

(11:15) What is the most impressive connection between different eras?

(12:45) How can history help us understand life?

(15:09) How do we maintain optimism in the face of adversity?

(18:20) How greed is leading to our demise

(20:47) Key lessons for young people in history

(22:06) What movements help inspire positive change?

(24:55) How has your personal life encouraged studying history?

(29:14) A historical event that can inspire people to deal with adversity

(31:40) What would you say to your 16-year old self?

(33:23) Outro